<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
TRUTH	B-Application
Social	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
created	O
by	O
Trump	O
Media	O
&	O
Technology	O
Group	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
media	O
and	O
technology	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
by	O
former	O
U.S.	O
president	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Parler	B-Application
and	O
Gab	O
in	O
trying	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Since	O
mid-2022	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
was	O
reported	O
to	O
be	O
facing	O
financial	O
and	O
regulatory	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
initially	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
because	O
of	O
violations	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
policies	O
prohibiting	O
content	O
with	O
physical	O
threats	O
and	O
incitement	O
to	O
violence	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
approved	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2022	O
after	O
agreeing	O
to	O
enforce	O
policies	O
against	O
incitement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
it	O
was	O
ranked	O
number	O
101	O
in	O
Apple	B-Application
's	I-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
rankings	O
for	O
social	O
media	O
apps	O
,	O
and	O
SimilarWeb	B-Application
ranked	O
its	O
website	O
as	O
number	O
203	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
News	O
&	O
Media	O
Publishers	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
behind	O
Gab	O
at	O
number	O
154	O
,	O
but	O
ahead	O
of	O
Parler	B-Application
at	O
number	O
1,052	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
U.S.	O
president	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
raised	O
the	O
prospect	O
of	O
building	O
a	O
new	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
after	O
he	O
was	O
banned	O
from	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
in	O
2021	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
2021	O
United	O
States	O
Capitol	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Reuters	O
,	O
two	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
cast	O
of	O
Trump	O
's	O
TV	O
show	O
The	O
Apprentice	O
,	O
Wes	O
Moss	O
and	O
Andy	O
Litinsky	O
,	O
were	O
"	O
central	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
founding	O
of	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
the	O
Trump	O
Media	O
&	O
Technology	O
Group	O
(	O
TMTG	O
)	O
,	O
having	O
allegedly	O
pitched	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
social	O
network	O
to	O
Trump	O
in	O
January	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
facilitate	O
becoming	O
a	O
publicly	O
traded	O
company	O
,	O
a	O
special-purpose	O
acquisition	O
company	O
(	O
SPAC	O
)	O
called	O
Digital	O
World	O
Acquisition	O
Corp	O
(	O
DWAC	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
ARC	O
Capital	O
,	O
a	O
Shanghai-based	O
firm	O
specializing	O
in	O
listing	O
Chinese	O
companies	O
on	O
American	O
stock	O
markets	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
target	O
of	O
SEC	O
investigations	O
for	O
misrepresenting	O
shell	O
corporations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Led	O
by	O
former	O
Mexican	O
government	O
official	O
and	O
China-based	O
banker	O
Abraham	O
Cinta	O
,	O
ARC	O
Capital	O
's	O
global	O
links	O
included	O
offices	O
in	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
Wuhan	O
,	O
Mexico	O
City	O
,	O
and	O
Jakarta	O
,	O
which	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
surprising	O
"	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Trump	O
's	O
comments	O
on	O
various	O
foreign	O
countries	O
in	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
TMTG	O
published	O
a	O
document	O
outlining	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
platform	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
poll	O
saying	O
one-third	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
population	O
polled	O
had	O
stated	O
they	O
would	O
use	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
endorsed	O
by	O
Trump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
slated	O
to	O
enter	O
limited	O
beta	O
for	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iOS	I-Operating_System
in	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
though	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
meet	O
this	O
schedule	O
for	O
its	O
beta	O
testing	O
,	O
Trump	O
claimed	O
in	O
December	O
2021	O
"	O
invited	O
guests	O
"	O
were	O
already	O
using	O
the	O
beta	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
described	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
as	O
an	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
already-existing	O
alt-tech	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	O
journalist	O
James	O
Clayton	O
stated	O
the	O
platform	O
could	O
be	O
a	O
more	O
successful	O
version	O
of	O
other	O
alt-tech	O
social	O
media	O
platforms	O
like	O
Parler	B-Application
and	O
Gab	O
and	O
is	O
an	O
attempt	O
by	O
Trump	O
to	O
gain	O
his	O
"	O
megaphone	O
"	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gettr	B-Application
CEO	O
Jason	O
Miller	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
Trump	O
advisor	O
,	O
praised	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
and	O
said	O
the	O
platform	O
will	O
cause	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
to	O
"	O
lose	O
even	O
more	O
market	O
share	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gab	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
statement	O
it	O
supports	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
and	O
users	O
of	O
Gab	O
can	O
follow	O
Trump	O
on	O
his	O
reserved	O
Gab	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
critical	O
reactions	O
,	O
Chris	O
Cillizza	O
of	O
CNN	B-Architecture
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
doomed	O
to	O
fail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Forward	O
raised	O
concerns	O
of	O
antisemitism	O
becoming	O
prominent	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
noting	O
similar	O
platforms	O
have	O
become	O
known	O
for	O
hosting	O
antisemitic	O
content	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Parler	B-Application
,	O
Gab	O
,	O
and	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rolling	O
Stone	O
observed	O
that	O
while	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
promises	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
free	O
platform	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
include	O
a	O
clause	O
stating	O
users	O
cannot	O
disparage	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
expressed	O
skepticism	O
about	O
whether	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
compete	O
effectively	O
against	O
rival	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
is	O
run	O
by	O
Trump	O
Media	O
&	O
Technology	O
Group	O
,	O
and	O
headed	O
by	O
Devin	O
Nunes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
is	O
modeled	O
heavily	O
after	O
Twitter	B-Application
;	O
users	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
make	O
posts	O
(	O
"	O
Truths	O
"	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
tweets	O
)	O
and	O
share	O
other	O
users	O
 '	O
posts	O
(	O
"	O
ReTruths	O
"	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
retweets	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
platform	O
uses	O
a	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
social	O
network	O
hosting	O
software	O
Mastodon	B-Application
as	O
its	O
backend	O
,	O
which	O
omits	O
several	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
polls	O
and	O
post	O
visibility	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
uses	O
the	O
Soapbox	O
frontend	O
,	O
usually	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Pleroma	O
system	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
Mastodon	B-Application
's	O
native	O
frontend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TMTG	O
has	O
advertised	O
for	O
developers	O
with	O
skills	O
in	O
using	O
Elixir	B-Language
,	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
Pleroma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Software	O
Freedom	O
Conservancy	O
group	O
stated	O
they	O
suspected	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
had	O
violated	O
Mastodon	B-Application
's	O
AGPLv3	B-Application
license	O
by	O
not	O
offering	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
all	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mastodon	B-Application
developers	O
then	O
formally	O
requested	O
that	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
comply	O
with	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
license	O
,	O
with	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
publishing	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
as	O
a	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
website	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mirror	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
uploaded	O
by	O
uninvolved	O
individuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
service	O
launched	O
a	O
web	B-Application
app	I-Application
for	O
accessing	O
the	O
service	O
with	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
with	O
geographical	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
stated	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
content	O
moderation	O
did	O
not	O
meet	O
its	O
standards	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
the	O
default	O
distributor	O
of	O
Android	O
apps	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
violation	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
policies	O
prohibiting	O
content	O
with	O
physical	O
threats	O
and	O
incitement	O
to	O
violence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
was	O
approved	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
after	O
the	O
platform	O
implemented	O
stronger	O
content	O
moderation	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
service	O
was	O
originally	O
hosted	O
on	O
RightForge	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
aimed	O
at	O
providing	O
internet	O
hosting	O
for	O
conservative	O
causes	O
that	O
describes	O
itself	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
first	O
global	O
Internet	O
infrastructure	O
company	O
committed	O
to	O
American	O
principles	O
online	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
TMTG	O
said	O
it	O
had	O
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
Canadian	O
online	O
video	O
platform	O
Rumble	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
already	O
providing	O
cloud	O
services	O
to	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
beta	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
TMTG	O
announced	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
would	O
be	O
moving	O
to	O
Rumble	O
's	O
cloud	O
platform	O
and	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
performing	O
infrastructure	O
upgrades	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
uses	O
Cloudflare	B-Application
as	O
its	O
CDN	B-Operating_System
for	O
both	O
mobile	O
and	O
web	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reuters	O
reported	O
Fastly	B-General_Concept
had	O
refused	O
to	O
take	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
on	O
as	O
a	O
customer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
proclaiming	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
big	O
tent	O
"	O
platform	O
without	O
political	O
censorship	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
"	O
free	O
expression	O
"	O
without	O
"	O
discriminating	O
on	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
political	O
ideology	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
said	O
it	O
had	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
"	O
suspend	O
or	O
terminate	O
your	O
account	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
take	O
appropriate	O
legal	O
action	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
has	O
blocked	O
accounts	O
for	O
behavior	O
it	O
considers	O
harmful	O
or	O
inappropriate	O
,	O
including	O
accounts	O
with	O
parody	O
names	O
and	O
death	O
threats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
August	O
2022	O
report	O
from	O
progressive	O
consumer	O
rights	O
advocacy	O
group	O
Public	O
Citizen	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
was	O
found	O
to	O
shadowban	O
liberal	O
and	O
progressive	O
users	O
that	O
disagree	O
with	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
narrative	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
swathe	O
of	O
other	O
content	O
,	O
including	O
some	O
conservative	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
has	O
banned	O
content	O
mentioning	O
abortion	O
and	O
the	O
January	O
6	O
hearings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Public	O
Citizen	O
concluded	O
that	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
content	O
moderation	O
was	O
substantially	O
more	O
limiting	O
than	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
said	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
policies	O
were	O
creating	O
an	O
echo	O
chamber	O
of	O
violent	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iOS	I-Operating_System
,	O
reaching	O
number	O
one	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
's	I-Application
top	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
weekly	O
visits	O
to	O
truthsocial.com	B-Application
fell	O
from	O
to	O
fewer	O
than	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
British	O
automotive	O
solar	O
power	O
company	O
Trailar	O
complained	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
app	O
logo	O
closely	O
resembled	O
its	O
"	O
T	O
"	O
logo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
platform	O
suffered	O
from	O
severe	O
and	O
persistent	O
problems	O
with	O
scalability	B-Architecture
from	O
launch	O
,	O
limiting	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
multiple	O
sources	O
reported	O
that	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
usage	O
remained	O
low	O
,	O
with	O
Trump	O
himself	O
not	O
having	O
posted	O
to	O
his	O
account	O
since	O
his	O
first	O
message	O
two	O
weeks	O
earlier	O
and	O
his	O
account	O
having	O
only	O
140,000	O
followers	O
—	O
less	O
than	O
0.2	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
followers	O
he	O
had	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
before	O
his	O
account	O
was	O
banned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daily	O
Dot	O
reported	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
had	O
fallen	O
from	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
slot	O
for	O
downloads	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
to	O
number	O
84	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
TheWrap	O
reported	O
that	O
weekly	O
installations	O
of	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
app	O
had	O
fallen	O
from	O
872,000	O
in	O
its	O
launch	O
week	O
to	O
around	O
60,000	O
per	O
week	O
,	O
a	O
reduction	O
of	O
over	O
90%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visits	O
to	O
truthsocial.com	B-Application
had	O
also	O
fallen	O
,	O
from	O
6	O
million	O
per	O
week	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sensor	O
Tower	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
times	O
by	O
late	O
March	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
reported	O
that	O
shares	O
in	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
publicly	O
traded	O
holding	O
company	O
Digital	O
World	O
Acquisition	O
Corp	O
.	O
(	O
DWAC	O
)	O
had	O
fallen	O
31%	O
from	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
launch	O
in	O
late	O
February	O
and	O
64%	O
from	O
its	O
all-time	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Business	O
Insider	O
described	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
as	O
"	O
like	O
a	O
conservative	O
ghost	O
town	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
overrun	O
by	O
bots	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
report	O
in	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
stated	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
was	O
"	O
falling	O
apart	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
problems	O
mounting	O
on	O
multiple	O
fronts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Guardian	O
article	O
compared	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
with	O
Trump	O
Steaks	O
and	O
Trump	O
Vodka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
late	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
MarketWatch	O
reported	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
had	O
around	O
513,000	O
active	O
daily	O
users	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
reported	O
active	O
daily	O
userbase	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usership	O
figures	O
were	O
not	O
available	O
,	O
but	O
Trump	O
was	O
reported	O
on	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
to	O
have	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
followers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
had	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
before	O
being	O
banned	O
from	O
both	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
SimilarWeb	B-Application
reported	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
as	O
ranking	O
#49	O
in	O
the	O
social	O
networking	O
category	O
of	O
apps	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
had	O
sunk	O
to	O
#75	O
in	O
the	O
social	O
networking	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Elon	O
Musk	O
's	O
proposed	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
many	O
commentators	O
observed	O
that	O
a	O
Musk-run	O
Twitter	B-Application
would	O
be	O
likely	O
to	O
reduce	O
demand	O
for	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Musk	O
said	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
downloads	O
exceeded	O
those	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
TikTok	B-Application
on	O
the	O
same	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
only	O
existed	O
because	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
restrictions	O
on	O
free	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Describing	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
terrible	O
name	O
"	O
,	O
Musk	O
joked	O
that	O
it	O
should	O
be	O
renamed	O
"	O
Trumpet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Musk	O
's	O
comments	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
app	O
rose	O
in	O
popularity	O
,	O
returning	O
to	O
the	O
number	O
1	O
position	O
for	O
free	O
iOS	B-Application
apps	I-Application
on	O
Apple	B-Application
's	I-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
app	O
at	O
number	O
2	O
;	O
DWAC	O
shares	O
also	O
rose	O
in	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DWAC	O
's	O
share	O
price	O
fell	O
after	O
Musk	O
's	O
announcement	O
of	O
his	O
intention	O
to	O
buy	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
CEO	O
Devin	O
Nunes	O
later	O
stated	O
that	O
Musk	O
had	O
been	O
encouraged	O
by	O
Trump	O
to	O
buy	O
Twitter	B-Application
;	O
Musk	O
denied	O
this	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
false	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Musk	O
subsequently	O
said	O
he	O
intended	O
to	O
reverse	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
ban	O
on	O
Trump	O
's	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
if	O
his	O
bid	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Musk	O
's	O
comments	O
,	O
Nunes	O
reiterated	O
that	O
Trump	O
was	O
committed	O
to	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
and	O
would	O
not	O
rejoin	O
Twitter	B-Application
even	O
if	O
his	O
ban	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
lifted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Musk	O
's	O
announcement	O
in	O
July	O
that	O
he	O
no	O
longer	O
intended	O
to	O
purchase	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
DWAC	O
shares	O
rose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Musk	O
later	O
went	O
through	O
with	O
the	O
deal	O
,	O
purchased	O
Twitter	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2022	O
and	O
lifted	O
the	O
ban	O
on	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
in	O
November	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
late	O
November	O
,	O
Trump	O
had	O
still	O
not	O
posted	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
no	O
interest	O
in	O
re-joining	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
preferring	O
to	O
use	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
had	O
not	O
secured	O
any	O
advertising	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
Fox	O
Business	O
reported	O
that	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
hosting	O
company	O
RightForge	O
claimed	O
it	O
was	O
owed	O
by	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
and	O
was	O
threatening	O
to	O
take	O
legal	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
reported	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
now	O
carried	O
advertising	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
niche	O
products	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
participation	O
of	O
major	O
brands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reported	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
's	O
burn	O
rate	O
at	O
around	O
$1.7	O
m	O
per	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
companies	O
do	O
not	O
merge	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
may	O
not	O
receive	O
from	O
Digital	O
World	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	O
Trademark	O
Review	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
"	O
had	O
been	O
applied	O
for	O
as	O
a	O
trademark	O
in	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
within	O
a	O
week	O
of	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Trump	O
's	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
registered	O
,	O
potentially	O
preventing	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
service	O
from	O
operating	O
in	O
most	O
of	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Patent	O
and	O
Trademark	O
Office	O
denied	O
Trump	O
Media	O
&	O
Technology	O
Group	O
's	O
application	O
for	O
a	O
trademark	O
on	O
"	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
"	O
as	O
two	O
companies	O
already	O
use	O
the	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
's	O
participation	O
in	O
TMTG	O
and	O
the	O
scale	O
of	O
his	O
social	O
media	O
following	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
part	O
of	O
TMTG	O
's	O
marketing	O
for	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
Trump	O
was	O
initially	O
not	O
a	O
frequent	O
user	O
of	O
the	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Elon	O
Musk	O
's	O
proposed	O
takeover	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Trump	O
publicly	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
does	O
not	O
intend	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
intends	O
to	O
remain	O
on	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
court	O
filing	O
responding	O
to	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
attorney	O
general	O
's	O
demand	O
for	O
his	O
cell	O
phones	O
,	O
Trump	O
said	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
had	O
recently	O
given	O
him	O
a	O
phone	O
that	O
he	O
only	O
uses	O
to	O
post	O
on	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
reports	O
,	O
Trump	O
has	O
a	O
licensing	O
agreement	O
with	O
TMTG	O
requiring	O
him	O
to	O
use	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
as	O
his	O
primary	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
and	O
to	O
wait	O
at	O
least	O
six	O
hours	O
before	O
reposting	O
material	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
exceptions	O
for	O
political	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
experienced	O
a	O
significant	O
uptick	O
in	O
downloads	O
following	O
the	O
FBI	O
search	O
of	O
Mar-a-Lago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
a	O
heavily-redacted	O
affidavit	O
regarding	O
the	O
search	O
,	O
Trump	O
reacted	O
angrily	O
to	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
document	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
posts	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Affidavit	O
heavily	O
redacted	O
!!!	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commentator	O
Barbara	O
McQuade	O
observed	O
that	O
Trump	O
's	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
posts	O
on	O
the	O
matter	O
might	O
potentially	O
undermine	O
Trump	O
's	O
defense	O
against	O
charges	O
arising	O
from	O
the	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trump	O
followed	O
this	O
days	O
later	O
with	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
sixty	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
posts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
December	O
2022	O
,	O
Trump	O
used	O
his	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
account	O
to	O
say	O
alleged	O
election	O
fraud	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
termination	O
"	O
of	O
election	O
rules	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Constitution	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
stating	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Devin	O
Nunes	O
,	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
posted	O
a	O
meme	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
making	O
a	O
joke	O
about	O
the	O
attack	O
on	O
Paul	O
Pelosi	O
,	O
while	O
referencing	O
inaccurate	O
reports	O
that	O
the	O
attacker	O
was	O
in	O
his	O
underwear	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nunes	O
was	O
widely	O
criticized	O
by	O
Twitter	B-Application
users	O
for	O
doing	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
California	O
Governor	O
Gavin	O
Newsom	O
announced	O
he	O
had	O
joined	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
,	O
writing	O
on	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
"	O
I	O
just	O
joined	O
Trump	O
's	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Axios	O
reported	O
that	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
had	O
given	O
a	O
verified	O
account	O
to	O
the	O
white	O
nationalist	O
advocate	O
Nick	O
Fuentes	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
banned	O
from	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Shiffer	O
had	O
published	O
multiple	O
posts	O
on	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
in	O
the	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
attack	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
FBI	O
search	O
of	O
Mar-a-Lago	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
expressed	O
his	O
desire	O
to	O
engage	O
in	O
violence	O
and	O
called	O
for	O
the	O
killings	O
of	O
FBI	O
agents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
reportedly	O
wrote	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
following	O
the	O
attack	O
,	O
which	O
detailed	O
his	O
failed	O
attempt	O
to	O
storm	O
the	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Shiffer	O
's	O
actions	O
,	O
some	O
Truth	B-Application
Social	I-Application
users	O
—	O
including	O
a	O
verified	O
account	O
with	O
74,000	O
followers	O
who	O
said	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
designer	O
for	O
the	O
site	O
—	O
claimed	O
the	O
attack	O
was	O
a	O
false	O
flag	O
,	O
without	O
providing	O
evidence	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
calls	O
for	O
violence	O
were	O
posts	O
planted	O
by	O
federal	O
law	O
enforcement	O
officials	O
or	O
Democratic	O
operatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
bot	O
account	O
for	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
was	O
labeled	O
"	O
The	O
Failing	O
NY	O
Times	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
CNN	B-Architecture
bot	O
account	O
was	O
labeled	O
"	O
CNN	B-Architecture
(	O
Parody	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
